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Happy August 1st

Happy August 1st!

This month, I am going to try some new things to help with physical and mental health.  Thought I would share a few of them with you all.  We can see how I did and what results were achieved over the course of the month.  Essentially, any reader of this blog (if there are any) are now my accountability partner.

  • Social media is becoming vicious.  Even outside of politics, it is tough.  As an example...I posted on a DC Comics board about not wanting the James Gunn movies to go crazy with the multiverse.  There was only a couple of responses to my post but tons of DMs that told me I was wrong.  My political views are well known and I get equal amounts of love and hate for those.  So, I am going to limit social media to just a few times a day and only between 9am and 7pm.  
  • Going to read and listen to more diverse news sources.  The goal is to listen to 10 new news sources at least for 5 days.  Let's see what I learn and see if my points of view change or even possible reconfirmed.
  • 10,000 steps EVERYDAY.  Even if that means, walking in my building's courtyard at 11pm.
  • More direct engagement with family and friends.  Going to talk to family members every day.  Going to meet with friends at least 2-3 times per week.  Not text messages, not emails, but actual conversations.  
  • Read four books this month. Listen to three audiobooks.
  • Continue on my Hinduism journey - learning more and more.  Not included above is a further read of Valmiki Ramayana.  
And finally, the last thing I want to do everyday is spend a few minutes asking 'did I get better today'?  This comes from Kobe Bryant.

Wishing you all a great August and can't wait to see what happens.

 

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